Bits 27 Mar 2009 Pope rewrites medical science to suit Catholic dogma. Film at 11. Australian government censorship website hacked. I’m not laughing, really. Censorship Internet filtering Religion trashcan categorial
Biology Around the internets 23 Jul 2009 Razib has a post on a paper in BMC Evolutionary Biology that shows, fairly well, I thought, that Australian aborigines are most closely related to relict populations of indigenous Indian tribes. They are touting this as evidence that the “southern route” from Africa was the one taken by the Australians… Read More
Censorship When even the NYT notices, it’s obvious 30 Apr 2009 From the New York Times: The Internet is no longer just an essential channel for commerce, entertainment and information. It has also become a stage for state control — and rebellion against it. Computers are becoming more crucial in global conflicts, not only in spying and military action, but also… Read More
Censorship Online predators are not nearly so bad as the media says 7 Aug 2009 I’ve been online now for nearly thirty years, from back in the days of BBSs and 300 baud acoustic couplers. In all that time, the internet for me has been annoying, occasionally angry, and with the occasional death threat from a Christian or insane person, but I have not seen,… Read More